ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,549,462, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to WhatsApp LLC (Menlo Park, Calif.).
"Packet loss detection in real-time communications" was invented by Arvind Swaminathan (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes determining a packet loss rate in a real-time communication event based on a size of a packet block in a received sequence comprising multiple packets, determining a number of packet loss clusters within the packet block based on the packet loss rate, identifying one of a random loss pattern or a burst loss pattern based on the number of packet loss clusters or based on whether packet loss pattern matches a g...